- From: David <ooar123@ntlworld.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:56:51 +0100
- To: www-style@w3.org
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 09:37:15 +0200, "Anne van Kesteren (fora)" <fora@annevankesteren.nl> wrote: snip >> If you are interested in why I'd want to do this, it's for search >> engine reasons. It's a common held belief that what's presented to the >> search engine spiders first (at code level) is treated more important >> than what comes at the base. With most designs this means the left >> menu is read first and so the real content comes much further down the >> page. > >It probably is a fact, but I'm not sure if there is actual proof for this. I do a lot of SEO tests and it's one of the things that is really difficult to test. I therefore go with what will cause least 'damage', if the order matters I want the content at the top, if it doesn't matter then serving the content at the top won't hurt anything. > >[1] <http://alistapart.com/articles/negativemargins/> That's exactly what I've been looking for, thanks. The last example- http://alistapart.com/d/negativemargins/ex5.htm is almost perfect and only fails a little when you resize very small (I can live with that). I've been stuck on this problem for months! David -- http://www.search-engine-optimization-services.co.uk/
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